Academic Programs

Environmental sustainability and awareness are integral to several academic fields. Many departments, programs, and centers at Villanova provide a specific emphasis on sustainability, with several offering academic degrees. Offering these options is consistent with Villanova’s goal of promoting ecological literacy and environmentally sound practices among its students, faculty, staff, and alumni; and supporting values of ecological stewardship and justice in local and global communities.

College of Arts & Sciences

Environmental Leadership Learning Community
Department of Geography and the Environment
- BA, Geography
- BA, Environmental Studies
- BS, Environmental Science
Environmental Studies Concentration
Department of Biology
- BS, Biology (ecology, ecosystems, environmental biology)
Department of Chemistry
Department of History
Department of Philosophy

Villanova School of Business

Center for Global Leadership

College of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- MS, Water Research and Environmental Engineering (more info)
- MS, Water Resource Engineering (more info)
- Certificate in Urban Water Resources Design (more info)
Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
- BS, Chemical Engineering
- Certificate in Chemical Engineering Environmental Protection (more info)
Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
Villanova Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering

College of Nursing

Villanova University will strive to conduct its activities in an ecologically sound, socially just and economically viable manner, and will continue to do so for future generations. Villanova University will support the concepts of sustainability in its curriculum, research, and related activities, preparing all members of the Villanova community to contribute to an environmentally sound and socially just society. The institution will strive to function as a sustainable community, embodying responsible consumption, promoting ecological literacy and environmentally sound practices among its students, faculty, staff, and graduates, and supporting these values in the local community.

From the Villanova University Sustainability Policy, Adopted November 2004

Why Sustainability

Villanova University Commitment to Sustainability

The Villanova community views environmental stewardship as part of the Augustinian mission. This stewardship includes policies and initiatives that set forth university-wide standards and goals.

Goal 1 - Villanova University will strive to practice the principles of environmental sustainability and wise use of resources within the university community. Villanova will make reasonable efforts to conserve resources. Methods to conserve may include, among other things:

The promotion of water conservation

Waste reduction and the conscientious use of materials

The conscientious production and consumption of food

The promotion of energy conservation

The use of renewable energy resources

Practicing environmental stewardship of its lands

The acquisition of sustainable modes of campus transportation

The adoption of green building standards

Goal 2 - Villanova University will engage in appropriate learning opportunities with the intention of creating a community whose members (students, faculty, staff, and graduates) are environmentally literate and responsible. Methods to do so may include, among other things:

Integrating social and environmental responsibility into curricular development

Fostering further research and a deeper understanding of environmentally sustainabledevelopment

Creating and promoting an informed network of Villanovans committed to the principles of environmental sustainability

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